Posting to sub and say congrats on the progress. Just read through your log and there's lots of improvement here. Good work over the past few months.
Hope you don't mind a few thoughts/suggestions. Keep in mind that I'm a novice - just full disclosure, so I'll mostly quote others. I think Aidan is spot on with the advice below, and a lot of the "careful not to hurt yourself" advice that you're getting here and in the gym is related to it:
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Originally Posted by Aidan
You have poor core control. It is the weakest link for you by far, but you will be able to strengthen that area if you get into the right position and hold it through a rep properly - ie actually training as correct a movement as possible. THen move up as you are able to whilst still maintaining good form.
Staying tight throughout the rep is crucial, especially for avoiding injury. I was going to recommend a belt before I read the post about your gym buddy. Not only because you're starting to get up there in weight, but I think wearing a belt is helpful for getting the feel of the proper valsalva maneuver. Maybe that's not the issue and you're doing it fine, but things just look loose for all of your lifts. In general, really try to stay tight and controlled on every rep for every lift.
Squats: You've really shown a ton of improvement here, great job. Colombo gave me the following advice and it helped me a lot. I think it's applicable for you too: Get tighter before you unrack. Really drive the bar into your back. Don't move your feet so much. Try to get your feet in position only using 2-3 steps. Here's a good video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtPN-ftmxG8
Press: It looks almost like you aren't properly using the rebound from the hip drive. You are pushing your hips forward, then holding that position to push the bar up. My understanding is that it should be sort of a quick forward motion and use the "rebound" to push the bar up. Maybe I'm wrong, but won't hurt you to look through this video:
https://youtu.be/CnBmiBqp-AI
DL: I always struggle with deadlift form, but if people are advising you to deload and work on form, I'd listen. This is a lifetime game and right now you should still be in "form mastery" mode and not worry too much about the weight gains.
Hope some of that helps and stay motivated!